"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

Wordle 1717 3/6

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SLANT
PRIME
SLIME

Never had that pattern before!

Wordle 1,717 3/6

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STEIN
SMILE
SLIME

Wordle 1,717 4/6

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RADIO
SUITE
CHIMP
SLIME

Wordle 1,717 4/6

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HEART
CLONE
SLIDE
SLIME

Damn, forgot to play yesterday. At least my streak wasn’t that long.

Wordle 1,718 X/6

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:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square: :skunk: :roll_eyes: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,717 6/6* 3/2/2026

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FLUKE → Good start… but looks a little trappy. Good news, the ultimate first word second is a good play here
SLATE → And that S pickup is nice. But now, what fits in there? O or I, I don’t think U, Y or a second E are as likely
SLOPE → Let’s try an I next… Oooh, if it is, I see three valid possibles
SLICE → Nope
SLIDE → Nor that. Perhaps alphabetical order was not the right way to try this… but hopefully I haven’t missed a possibility?
SLIME

I didn’t miss a valid possibility, but there was a bogus one. Scoredle plays a very smart elimination game and ends up with a par on a 1-in-3 valid putt.

Wordle 1,717 5/6

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YODEL
ALIEN
ELITE
SLICE
SLIME

Wordle 1,717 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SMILE
SLIME

Wordle 1,717 2/6*

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STEAL
SLIME

Wordle 1,717 5/6

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ABUSE
SNORE
SLIDE
SLICE
SLIME

Played late today. And coulda played better.

Wordle 1,718 4/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
INLET
LINEN

I’m still in Monday

Wordle 1,717 3/6

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CRANE
HILTS
SLIME

I got lucky, there were three possibilities, any of which would eliminate all but one. I guess the one that it was.

Wordle 1,718 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
LIVEN
LINEN

Wordle 1,718 4/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}

Wordle 1,718 5/6

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LASER
POUND
LIVEN
LIKEN
LINEN
I was down to three words after my second guess. :angry:

Wordle 1,718 3/6* 3/3/2026

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SLIME → OK, that’s a good start - now move everyone over one, add two WoFcons and try again
LITER → That went remarkably well, except for the two WoFcons part. But, there is one WoFcon left - LINED? Or, since I’ve been lucky so far, use the remaining WoFcon twice?
LINEN

Short and sweet. My start word brought me down to 83 possibles, and my guess was a mediocre 39/83, but it was sufficiently lucky to point me to answer (which Scoredle also would have played for its third). Scoredle takes a slight detour and finishes with a par.

Wordle 1,718 4/6

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SLATE
GRIND
LIKEN
LINEN

Wordle 1,718 4/6

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HEART
BONED
SINEW
LINEN

woo hoo streak at two!

Wordle 1,718 5/6

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YODEL
ALIEN
LIKEN
LIVEN
LINEN